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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Katsuro Tachibana, Fukuoka, JP;
Shunro Tachibana, Fukuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Ekos Corporation, Bothell, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/720 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/720 ;
Abstract
A booster comprising a plurality of microbubbles of a gas in a liquid, e.g. about 4×10 cells/ml of microbubbles of a gas having a diameter of 0.1. to 100 &mgr;m in a 3 to 5% human serum albumin solution, and a pharmaceutical liquid composition comprising the booster as set forth above and a medicament, which are useful for the therapy of various diseases together with exposure of ultrasonic, where the therapeutic effects of the medicament is enhanced by the application of ultrasound in the presence of the booster.